Gun-cleaner.



Patented Jann, 1902.

No. 690,393. r

A. w. BISHOP.

' Gun cLEANER.

(Application led Apr. 26, 1901.;

(No Model.)

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f UNITED STATES ABNER WARREN BISHOP,

PATENT OFFICE.

oF RACINE, WISCONSIN.

GUN-CLEANER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 690,393, dated ranuar'y7, 1902.

Application led April 26, 1901.

T0 all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LABNER WARREN BISHOP', a citizen of the United States,residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of Wiscousin, haveinvented a new and useful Gun- Oleaner, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to gun-cleaners, and has for its object toprovide an improved attachment for application to a cleaning-rod andalso for insertion into a gun-barrel, the cleaner being constructed toaccommodate itself to the interior of the barrel, so as to effectivelyremove lead, rust, and any foreign accumulations whatsoever. It isfurthermore designed to construct the cleaner so as to prevent injury tothe gun-barrel and to insure a tight fit of the cleaning-cloth commonlyused in conjunction with a cleaner and also to arrange for connectingthe device to the usual jointed rods and also to an ordinary woodenstick.

With these and other objects in View the present invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter morefully described, shown in the accompanying drawings,and particularlypointed out in the appended claim, it being understood that changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details may be made within thescope of the claim without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the presentgun-cleaner. Fig. 2'is a side elevation, partly in section, showing thecleaner within a gun-barrel and as though it were being drawn outwardly.Fig. 3 is an end elevation of the device.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of thegures of the drawings.

In carrying out the present invention there is provided a tapered woodenhead 1, the inner and smaller end of which is embraced by aferrule 2 toprevent splitting of the head and also provided with an outer reducedscrewthreaded stem 3 of a diameter to fit the standard-socketof theordinary jointed cleaningrods. The outer and larger end of the head isprovided with a pair of longitudinal rightangularly-intersected slots orbifurcations 4,

Serial No. 57,610. (No model.)

which taper inwardly and terminate substantiallyrmidway of the length ofthe head, therebyformingelastically-yieldable fingers. The outer end ofthe head is rounded rearwardly or tapered, as at 5, to facilitate theintroduction of the cleaner into a gun-barrel, and there are alsoprovided a plurality of marginal grooves 6 around the split portion ofthe head, the front wall of each groove being disposed radially, therebyforming an abrupt radial marginal shoulder 7, while the rear wall of thegroove inclines inwardly toward the bottom of the abrupt shoulder,thereby forming a beveled surface or shoulder 8.

In using the device a piece of cloth 9 is placed over the muzzle of thebarrel 10 and the cleaner pushed into the barrel in the ordinary manner,the elastically-yieldable headsections snugly holding the cloth againstthe interior of the barrel. When the cleaner is reciprocated during thecleaning movement, the outward movement will cause the cloth to drawinto the marginal grooves by reason of the inner beveled walls and theouter abrupt walls thereof, thereby drawing the cloth snugly about thetip of the cleaner and preventing the same from slipping from the deviceand also from becoming wrinkled and wedged between the cleaner and thegun-bar; rel. Furthermore, as the slots of the device are taperedrearwardly the tendency of the yieldable head-sections is to becomesubstantially parallel, whereby all of the beaded outer portion of thehead engages the gun-barrel as the intermediate portion ofthe head isreduced, as at 11, so as to lie out of contact with the barrel.

- One of the essential features of the present invention resides in theformation of the head from wood, as the latter is preserved by the oilemployed in cleaning gun-barrels, while oil destroys rubber and similarmaterials heretofore used in the manufacture of gun-cleaners. Moreover,steel cleaners injure the barrel, while brass rubs off upon the interiorof the barrel and collects lead. Should the wooden head rub through thecloth or be used without a cloth, it will not injure the interior of thegun-barrel in any particular and will clean the same as effectively asany other material.

While the cleaner is provided with a stem Ico for connection with thestandard-sockets of the usual jointed rods, it is also designed torender the device capable ofJ application to an ordinary Wooden stick orrod by the ernployment of a detachable sleeve 12, which has one endprovided with a comparatively small screw-threaded socket 13 for thereception of the stem 3 and its opposite end provided With a largerscrew-threaded socket 14E for the reception of a Wooden stick or rod 15,the threads of the socket being comparatively deep, so as -to take intothe rod as the latter is screwed into the connecting-sleeve. Thus thecleaner may be applied to a rod already constructed for the reception ofcleaners, and by applying the connecting member 12 any ordinary Woodenstick may be fitted thereto by Whittling the end thereof so as to takeinto the outer and larger end of the said member.

What is claimed is- As a new article of manufacture, a guncleaner formed`from a solid cylindrical Wooden body, which is tapered rearwardly andhas an enlarged head upon its front end and correspondingto the generaltaper of the body, the head end of the body being provided with aplurality of intersected longitudinal bifurcations which tapercorrespondingly to the body and divide the latter into a plurality ofspring members, the front end of the head being rounded and the rear endterminating in an abrupt marginal shoulder, there being a plurality ofmarginal grooves formed in the head portion, the front Wall of eachgroove being radial and abrupt, and the rear Wall being inclinedrearwardly and outwardly and merging into the outer side of the head,and a metallic ferrule applied to the rear end of the Wooden body andhaving a longitudinal rearwardly-directed screwthreaded stem.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afxed mysignature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ABNER WARREN BISHOP.

Witnesses:

CHAs. M. DIETRICH, JOSEPH M. DIETRICH.

